Jafari S Allen

Jafari S Allen

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Jafari S Allen is Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies, in the Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies at Columbia University. He is the author of ¡Venceremos? The Erotics of Black Self-making in Cuba, nd There's a Disco Ball Between Us: A Theory of Black Gay Life—both published by Duke University Press.

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Decades-old property claims, frozen since the 1960s, are being turned into live instruments of reconquest.

Opinion by Jafari S Allen
Published On 8 Jun 2026
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks, while with U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Jason A. Reding Quinones, President of Miami Dade College Madeline Pumariega, Co-Deputy Director of the FBI Christopher Gilbert Raia, U.S. Senator Ashley Moody (R-FL) and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, as the U.S. Department of Justice announces criminal charges against former Cuban President Raul Castro, during a ceremony to honor the victims of the 1996 shootdown of Brothers to the Rescue aircraft incident, at Freedom Tower in Miami, Florida, U.S., May 20, 2026. REUTERS/Marco Bello
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